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PR: Valve acquires Turtle Rock Studios (Left 4 Dead)

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Felix Lighter

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I have a
P4 2.4 GHz CPU,
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
1 GB RDRam

Man it was great when I bought it 6 years ago. Half Life 2 ran fine but I'm not confident enough to pay for any semi-recent games just to find out that it will run like shit at the lowest settings.
 
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Kamakazie!

Member
Felix Lighter said:
I have a
P4 2.4 GHz CPU,
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro
1 GB RDRam

Man it was great when I bought it 6 years ago. Half Life 2 ran fine but I'm not confident enough to pay for any semi-recent games just to find out that it will run like shit at the lowest settings.
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Thats not a bad spec. You could probably manage the game on lower setting with that. Still, if it doesn't manage it £50 (probably $80 equivalent in the US with the cheaper prices and all) would buy you a gfx card that handles it comfortably. The 2.4ghz P4 shouldn't be an issue. Just check the minimum specs as i am not sure what they are.
 
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WinFonda

Member
Turtle Rock Studios sounds familiar.... Aren't they former Westwood employees? I believe they created the greatest PC game ever, Nox.


And if that is the case, hype + 10,000
 
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Felix Lighter

Member
Kamakazie! said:
Thats not a bad spec. You could probably manage the game on lower setting with that. Still, if it doesn't manage it £50 (probably $80 equivalent in the US with the cheaper prices and all) would buy you a gfx card that handles it comfortably. The 2.4ghz P4 shouldn't be an issue. Just check the minimum specs as i am not sure what they are.
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I started up Half Life 2 to remind myself how it ran on my PC. Most settings set to high, resolution set to 1024x768, no anti aliasing, runs pretty smooth. It's been a long time since I launched Steam, it's nice to see a lot of the features that were "Under Construction" when I last saw it are up and running now.

Unfortunately, I have more to consider when deciding to buy this for my Xbox 360 or for the PC. My PC monitor is a crappy 4:3 15" CRT while my XBox 360 is connected to a 50" HDTV. I also don't know if I really want to put anymore money into the old clunker just to run a very small hand full of games with reasonable requirements. Some day I'll invest in a new machine but I don't really know when I'll get around to it. I'll have to put some more thought into it.
 
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Jenga

Banned
Felix Lighter said:
I started up Half Life 2 to remind myself how it ran on my PC. Most settings set to high, resolution set to 1024x768, no anti aliasing, runs pretty smooth. It's been a long time since I launched Steam, it's nice to see a lot of the features that were "Under Construction" when I last saw it are up and running now.

Unfortunately, I have more to consider when deciding to buy this for my Xbox 360 or for the PC. My PC monitor is a crappy 4:3 15" CRT while my XBox 360 is connected to a 50" HDTV. I also don't know if I really want to put anymore money into the old clunker just to run a very small hand full of games with reasonable requirements. Some day I'll invest in a new machine but I don't really know when I'll get around to it. I'll have to put some more thought into it.
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Play the singleplayer games on your 360 and HD. You won't regret it. However. you MUST play Team Fortress 2 on your PC.
 
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urk

butthole fishhooking yes
Felix Lighter said:
Half Life 2 ran fine but I'm not confident enough to pay for any semi-recent games just to find out that it will run like shit at the lowest settings.
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Snag some demos and give 'em a run.
 
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MrPing1000

Member
Not surprisingly. I recall reading interviews talking about most of Turtle Rock taking long trips to valve on a regular basis

How many internal teams does Valve have now?

Source
Steam
Half-Life
Counter-Strike
Team Fortress
Day of Defeat
Ricochet
Portal
Left 4 Dead
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It doesn't work that way. They shift focus between products, this was especially obvious with DoD:S which is in almost everyway a step backwards from the original mod (not surprisingly some of the team that went to Valve is no longer there, Wally being the main guy who has since left).
 
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Jenga

Banned
MrPing1000 said:
Not surprisingly. I recall reading interviews talking about most of Turtle Rock taking long trips to valve on a regular basis



It doesn't work that way. They shift focus between products, this was especially obvious with DoD:S which is in almost everyway a step backwards from the original mod (not surprisingly some of the team that went to Valve is no longer there, Wally being the main guy who has since left).
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Woah, never knew that. Why did he leave?
 
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Borys

Banned
Felix Lighter said:
Unfortunately, I have more to consider when deciding to buy this for my Xbox 360 or for the PC. My PC monitor is a crappy 4:3 15" CRT while my XBox 360 is connected to a 50" HDTV. I also don't know if I really want to put anymore money into the old clunker just to run a very small hand full of games with reasonable requirements. Some day I'll invest in a new machine but I don't really know when I'll get around to it. I'll have to put some more thought into it.
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Yeah, sometimes you just want to leave the old stuff and live behind with not turning back. I left comics that way - there were just too many issues I missed and would have to spend colossal money on them, so I said "fuck it" and sold the rest that I had to my friend. I can understand you doing the same with PC gaming.
 
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Felix Lighter

Member
Borys said:
Yeah, sometimes you just want to leave the old stuff and live behind with not turning back. I left comics that way - there were just too many issues I missed and would have to spend colossal money on them, so I said "fuck it" and sold the rest that I had to my friend. I can understand you doing the same with PC gaming.
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You make it sound so depressing. I'm not sure if I'm done with PC gaming or not. I'm pretty sure most of my friends are. I think I will buy a new gaming PC sometime in the future but I do have a lot of catching up to do. I haven't been paying much attention to the current hardware, games and prices. Left 4 Dead is the type of game that could inspire me.
 
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Mrbob

Member
EGM is listing Left 4 Dead os 360/PS3 in their multiplatform article for their new issue.

Who knows if it is true though. But at least there is a little hope for a PS3 version. Unfortunately no one on PS3 use headsets so this game is tailored made for X360 and PC.
 
Tieno

Tieno

Member
Felix Lighter said:
You make it sound so depressing.
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Reverse psychology
I'm not sure if I'm done with PC gaming or not. I'm pretty sure most of my friends are. I think I will buy a new gaming PC sometime in the future but I do have a lot of catching up to do. I haven't been paying much attention to the current hardware, games and prices. Left 4 Dead is the type of game that could inspire me.
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It worked!

Borys is good!
 
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Borys

Banned
Felix Lighter said:
You make it sound so depressing.
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I just posted a true, real-life story that happened to me. I still get a wet-eye when I see some old Marvel issues thugh.

I'm not sure if I'm done with PC gaming or not.
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If you feel you are then you are.

I'm pretty sure most of my friends are.
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Friends moved on with life, see? Don't stay behind.

I think I will buy a new gaming PC sometime in the future but I do have a lot of catching up to do. I haven't been paying much attention to the current hardware, games and prices.
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Nobody is forcing you to anything :lol but if you insist then...

Left 4 Dead is the type of game that could inspire me.
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...it's the last type of game that should inspire you, seriously.

It's basically CS with zombies, like we haven't had them enough.
 
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Rorschach

Member
Borys said:
...it's the last type of game that should inspire you, seriously.

It's basically CS with zombies, like we haven't had them enough.
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You're very well informed.
Borys said:
I Say This All As A Huge PC Fanboi
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That doesn't actually play any of the games he talks about.
 
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Jacobi

Banned
Last year I though I'd be playing this in Summer 2007, oh Valve :lol :lol :lol Wait, get your shit together Valve :mad:)

Borys said:
It's basically CS with zombies, like we haven't had them enough.
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WRONG/Luthor
 
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1-D_FTW

Member
SON-OF-A-BITCH to the delay! NO!

And has somebody hijacked Borys' account in this thread? WTF are you talking about? Counter-Strike with Zombies? No.
 
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gregor7777

Banned
1-D_FTW said:
SON-OF-A-BITCH to the delay! NO!

And has somebody hijacked Borys' account in this thread? WTF are you talking about? Counter-Strike with Zombies? No.
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Well, it is pretty similar to a certain CS mod, no?
 
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Secks4Food

Member
Mrbob said:
EGM is listing Left 4 Dead os 360/PS3 in their multiplatform article for their new issue.

Who knows if it is true though. But at least there is a little hope for a PS3 version. Unfortunately no one on PS3 use headsets so this game is tailored made for X360 and PC.
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I saw that too, then I saw Ninja Gaiden 2 listed as 360/PS3 as well....wouldn't doubt they got Left 4 Dead wrong too.
 
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